Each climatic zone of the earth differs from others in unique characteristics. Even intermediate options such as subarctic or subtropical have their own characteristics. They can determine the plant world or farming conditions. What exactly stands out subtropical belt? Let's try to figure it out.
Where is he located?
The subtropical climate zone lies in two hemispheres. It is located between the equator and the tropics. Due to the extremely favorable conditions for human survival that the subtropical belt creates, it was on this territory that the first ancient civilizations appeared. And Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and Greece are located in this strip. In addition, now these are the best areas for tourism and agriculture: olives, grapes, citrus fruits and many other species grow here.
Main characteristics
The subtropical zone is characterized by a low amount of rainfall in the summer - such conditions create high pressure areas and cyclones with frequent rains in winter. The temperature in the warmest month averages twenty-five degrees, and in the coldest - five. Summer is characterized by dry and hot weather with a minimum of clouds, and winter is quite windy and rainy. Such conditions provide a small amount of snow that does not last long. If the territory of the subtropical zone covers the highlands, the so-called climate of cold deserts arises. It is distinguished by extremely cold winters with temperatures up to minus fifty and cool summers, unstable snows and strong winds. In the eastern regions of the belt, the monsoon variant prevails. It is characterized by a warmer and cloudy summer. Winter is getting drier. The subtropical zone, in which precipitation is usually scarce, is characterized by a quantity reaching almost a thousand millimeters. Because of this, lush vegetation grows in the area and agriculture is well developed.
Territories
Where does this weather occur? The subtropical climate zone covers a large territory of Turkmenistan, the state of Rajasthan in India, Afghanistan in the flat part, the pampas of South America, the Iranian highlands, Bukhara, the Xinjiang basin, the Great Basin of North America, and South Australia.
Characteristic plants
The subtropical zone, whose precipitation is seasonal, is well suited for some species of flora. All vegetation can be subdivided into several types - hemigileas, monsoon, hard-leaved or Mediterranean forests. Each of them is accompanied by certain types of plants. Hard-leaved trees develop in a special way so as not to depend on large quantities of water. The canopy of such a forest is located in one tier, with wide crowns. Hard-leaved territories are accompanied by dense undergrowth of evergreen shrubs. Tree trunks branch from the ground itself, they are covered with cork or crust. The subtropical zone also includes monsoon forest regions . The main trees that inhabit such territories are beeches, magnolias, firs, bamboos, all kinds of palm trees. Such a forest consists of many tiers with dense undergrowth and vines. And finally, hemigileas. These are evergreen broad-leaved forests in which lianas and epiphytes are not too common. Conifers, ferns, oaks, magnolias, camphor laurels are widespread.
Characteristic animals
The subtropical fauna is well adapted to the climatic conditions of its habitat zone with hot summers, cool winters and possible droughts. Therefore, the activity of animals is often seasonal, tied to the moments of the most favorable combination of temperatures and humidity. In this strip you can meet ungulates, for example, mouflon, fallow deer. In the subtropics, small viverra predators and wild cats live. In the Pyrenees, bears are found in such a belt. In hard-leaved areas you can find monkeys, jackals, wolves, porcupines, chameleons. Seed-eating animals are common - rodents, squirrels, dormouse. There are many different reptiles, and birds are represented by vultures, finches, falcons, linnet, carduelis, great tits, blackbirds. Ungulates such as gazelles or wild donkeys are found in desert areas , and predators such as tigers, leopards, cheetahs are common. Lots of jackals and hyenas. On such a territory you can find many birds, such as sparrows, and finches, and blue magpies, and marble teal, and mockingbirds, and heaters. Black vultures and griffon vultures often come across. Chameleons, geckos, lizards, and many snakes, including snakes and snakes, are common in areas of the Mediterranean. The world of insects inhabiting the subtropics is also rich - butterflies, beetles, termites are found here in an impressive variety.